COLCHICINE


Meaning of COLCHICINE in English

/kol"cheuh seen', -sin, kol"keuh-/ , n. Pharm.

a pale yellow, crystalline alkaloid, C 22 H 25 NO 6 , the active principle of colchicum.

[ 1850-55; COLCHIC(UM) + -INE 2 ]

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